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In the last few years there has been a marked increase in the number of educational and cultural institutions worldwide which are in the process of developing institutional repositories. Though there is a dramatic increase ...

Podcast version of March 19th, 2010, broadcast of Lost in the Stacks. Hosted by Ameet Doshi and Charlie Bennett. Produced by Kyle Tait. Includes interviews with Lisa Yaszek (LCC professor and coordinator), Paul Clifton ...

There is little agreement on which factors lead to successful institutional repositories. Researchers primarily cite content recruitment and services as key factors; however, there has also been discussion of measuring IR ...

Networked, data-intensive computational approaches to science play an increasingly important role across research disciplines, and this technology-rich environment alters both the content and modes of scholarly communication ...

Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) Library has decided to use radio frequency identification (RFID) to secure and inventory its collection in its new building opening Fall 2010. This presentation will cover how and why that ...

The social insects, such as bees or ants, operate complex logistics systems that are efficient even though no agent is in charge. Instead of a centralized control, each agent follows a simple local rule and an efficient ...

The access department in University of San Diego (USD) has a unique name: Access & Outreach Services (AOS) - it handles not only traditional responsibilities such as Circulation, ILL, Reserves, but also outreach to those ...

Interview portion of Lost in the Stacks episode 322, broadcast October 21, 2016. Features interview with Kate Joranson, Head of the Frick Fine Arts Library at University of Pittsburgh, on the subject of serendipity in the ...

With the pressures of changing technologies and patron expectations the need to stay viable as a service provider is impacting even Academic libraries who have traditionally had a built in patron base. Aware of these ...

This will be a high-level introduction to the DSpace 2 kernel architecture. There will also be an introduction to the new authentication/authorization system and storage service (which allows integration with other storage ...

Recently, academic publications have been stored into many repositories. Researchers can get digital printed articles (PDF) through network. Some search sites is also useful for researchers to search these publications. ...

Selection and acquisition workflows are not the only the library challenge in eBooks; another concern is providing access. Are MARC records the best route to seamless user access? If so, who should provide them and what ...

NSDL's data repository for STEM education is designed to provide organized access to digital educational materials through its online portal, NSDL.org. The resources held within the NSDL data repository along with their ...